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UP - Little Calumet River Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #240059

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Little Calumet River on Chicago & Western Indiana/Union Pacific RR's
Location
Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open
Railroads
- Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad (CWI)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 260.0 ft.
Total length: 395.0 ft.
Also called
CWI - Little Calumet River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.65000, -87.61207   (decimal degrees)
41°39'00" N, 87°36'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/449033/4611098 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Calumet
Inventory number
BH 53638 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad (14)
Cook County, Illinois (461)
Deck girder (5,777)
Girder (10,299)
Have street view (27,066)
Illinois (4,686)
Open (39,979)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
Plate girder (7,983)
Polygonal Warren through truss (433)
 Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (109)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,054)
Railroad (15,601)
Riverdale, Illinois (5)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Through truss (15,180)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
Truss (32,960)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,375)
Warren truss (6,580)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • August 3, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Union Pacific Railroad", "Railroad"
  • September 25, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad"

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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